The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-19
SOUTH CAROLINA.

During the past thirteen or fourteen
months there have been between eighty and
ninety names added to the roll of the Meth
odist church in Florence
At the recent municipal election for Lake
City the following ticket was successful: S.
NJ. Atkins Intendant; John A. Green, B.
Wallace Jones, G. T. Rollins and G. NJ.
Kelly, Wardens.
Mrs. J. II. Carlisle, whose husband died
from hydrophobia last week in Abbeville
county, is said to have symptoms of the
same malady. A man who assisted her in
caring for the unfortunate man is said TO be
affected in the same way They both were
injured by the deceased in one of his par
Oxysils
At Summerville Monday morning Thomas
Miles, captain of the guards at Taylor 81
Stanlands convict camp, discovered that
George Smith white, a brickburner in the
employment of Taylor & Stanland. had
stolen a suit Of clothes from one of the con-
Wet guards named Porter Smith was
given a choice between fifty lash6S on his
bare back or to run the risk of going to the
penitentiary He chose the fifty lashes,
which were administered by Capt. Miles in
proper style.
At Greenville the canvass for subscrip-
tions to the capital stock of the new bank was
continued Friday Forty-fve thousand of
the $50 900 capital has already been secured,
with the remaining 5000 in sight and only
waiting to be entered on the list. The bank
is thus assured, and the projectors of the
scheme expect to organize and prepare for
business next week. Mr. G. A. Norwood, a
prominent banker of Marion and well known
in Charleston, has contributed $50, 0G0 of the
capital stock, and in view OF the assured
success of the enterprise will make his resi-
dence at Greenville in the future.
The spring term of court in the different
counties have thus far sent to the peniten-
tiary 1876 convicts, apportioned as follows;
Abbeville 9, Anderson 3, BarnYille Z, Beau
fort 8, Berkeley Z. Charleston Z Chester TO-
Chesterfield 3, Clarendon 8. Coleton T. Oar
| lington -. Edgefed s. Fairfield 1. George
town ,, Greenville 3, Hampton 2, Kershaw
| 8, Lancaster >, Laurens II, Lexington p
Marion r. Marlboro 6. Newberry 4, Oconee
| 3 Orangeburg /, Richland ), Spartanburg
| II, Sumter S, Union ,, Williamsburg {
| York 9-total 1876 The counties of Aiken
| Horny and Pickens have not yet been heard
| from. There are now in confinement 1,041
| cOnvictS, against 985 at the tinie OF the last
annual report, Oct. 81 1886.
The time for receiving bids for the estab
! lishnent of the proposed agricultural exper
iment stations expired at o'clock Monday
| afternoon. Bids have been received by
| Commissioner Butler from the following per
sons, but their details will not he made public
until after they have been acted upon BY the
Board of Agriculture, which meets on April
! IS; Gen c. ST. G. Sinl1ler Eutawville
Berkeley county; Col. j. P Miller, George
town; Maj. w. II. Evans and Col E. r
Mclyer, for citizens of Darlington; Col. II
| p Hammett, for citizens of Greenville: Prof
| n. F. Walker, for citizens of Spartanburg
William Mayfield, Greenville county: Dr. f.
B. Smith, Marion; 5. S. Saws, Williams
burg county; Charles w. Forster, George
| town